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Zacharos, Konstantinos; Antonopoulos, Konstantinos; Ravanis, Konstantinos – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2011
In this study we attempted to highlight the pedagogical role of activities to familiarize pre-schoolers with the measurement processes of container capacity. The sample of the study consisted of 20 subjects aged five-six, all coming from two Greek state kindergartens of the same area, bearing the same middle socioeconomic background. The research…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Intervention, Socioeconomic Background, Mathematics Activities
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Sideridis, Georgios D.; Kaplan, Avi – Journal of Experimental Education, 2011
The focus of this study is on the role of achievement goals in students' persistence. The authors administered 5 puzzles to 96 college students: 4 unsolvable and 1 relatively easy (acting as a hope probe). They examined whether and how persistence may deteriorate as a function of failing the puzzles, as well as whether and how persistence may…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Academic Persistence, Puzzles